Fire Mage (Web Novel)

Chapter 107: Escape

"Gield is back." The black-robed Night Goblin Lexer spoke in a loud tone and patiently waited for the other party to appear.

In the meantime, Charles saw a myriad of star clusters and soon found himself standing in some secret chamber, surrounded by tens of goblins. Unlike other times, he had long activated his [Conceal] skill and went on a full assassin mode.

At that moment, Lexer raised its sharp eyebrows in puzzlement and soon squinted its crimson eyes.

"Something feels off… I clearly sensed someone transported through the Twin leaves." It muttered in a confused tone and soon noticed that a strange black shadow was moving towards him at a fast speed.

Its pupil shrunk in shock as it instantly gripped the wooden staff and waved it.

Tens of fireballs conjured from the tip of the wooden staff and moved towards the humanoid shadow at a fast speed.

Upon seeing the tens of fireballs, Charles cursed inwardly and rolled towards the right side. Loud explosive sounds echoed as those crimson fireballs collided on the nearby walls and illuminated the whole hall in bright light, blinding everyone in return.

Meanwhile, Charles pulled out the Ember Pistol from his space ring and stealthily slid it towards the robed goblin.

Due to the dim darkness, nobody noticed his stealth action and concentrated on attacking him. The armored goblins also unsheathed their weapons and dashed towards him at a fast speed.

'My spell models are in an unstable state due to the plane laws, and I'm also starting to have a headache.' He wore a grim look and soon saw an armored goblin already appeared in front of him while aiming its short sword at Charles.

But as it was about to slash the sword towards his neck, it suddenly noticed that an olive-skin human was smiling back at him.

Upon seeing the strange smile, fury appeared on its face, and it gripped the sword tighter…

No! The goblin suddenly noticed that there was no weapon in its hand at all!

Charles curled his lips upward, held the Ghost Dagger in his right hand, and stabbed it towards the goblin's chest. At the exact moment, the goblin's short sword also mysterious appeared in his other hand and moved towards the defenseless goblin's neck at a fast speed.

In a second, the ugly goblin's head flew up towards the ceiling and crashed on it, leaving a headless body to dance in the gloomy hall!

Charles instantly moved towards the right side to evade another fireball from the goblin shaman and killed another goblin.

'I need to kill the goblin shaman.' A grim look appeared on Charles's face as he reduced the distance between him and the goblin shaman.

At that moment, a small flame came out from the wooden staff and soon formed into a terrifying fireball which was around a one-meter radius!

Charles's heart sank as he witnessed the scene!

'Even my Crimson Robe spell would be damaged if it faced it head-on.' Although he felt the dense explosive power hidden in the abnormal fireball, Charles wasn't afraid at all. Whenever someone uses their trump card, they would focus on the enemy and their trump card.

'This is what I want.' A cold glint appeared in his eyes.

At the same time, Charles used the [Magician's Hand] skill on the Ember Pistol, manipulated it to face the tip of the muzzle at an angle of 120°, and squeezed the trigger.

BANG!

A loud explosive sound echoed in the gloomy dark chamber, and the next moment, the goblin shaman's head exploded!

Using the invisible string, Charles pulled the Ember Pistol towards his direction and then dashed towards the green leaf at an unimaginable speed!

Meanwhile, the terrifying fireball turned unstable due to the sudden loss of the connection with the owner and soon began to expand in size!

It devoured the nearby goblins and also released a sharp wave of dense red flame in every direction.

Thankfully, Charles's [Prevision] skill triggered on its own, so he instantly evaded the wave by ducking his body, opened his palm, and swiftly gripped the Ember Pistol that flew from behind.

Meanwhile, the sharp wave moved in every direction and killed most of the armored goblins in seconds!

'F*ck! This fireball is going to explode in a few seconds.' Charles once again rose up and sprinted towards the metal gate where the green-gem-like leaf was embedded.

In three seconds, he arrived in front of it, sliced his finger using the dagger, and put a drop of his blood on the gem-like leaf!

In an instant, Charles felt a connection towards the leaf on the other side and got elated. Not only that, but he also received two coordinates in his mind.

'One is the coordinate of this Fire Elemental Plane, and the other one is the Edhen Plane's coordinate.'

With a thought, he erased the previous long chanting method, made a new short one in English, and started to chant.

By the time he finished reciting the short chant, the terrifying fireball had exploded on its own and devoured everything, including his body.

Charles felt a sudden intense burning pain and grew pale.

The next instant, his figure began to distort and soon disappeared from there!

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Edhen World, Moon Kingdom, Chester City.

In the underground basement of 11C Orchard Street, the green gem-like leaf on the sliced wooden trunk suddenly started to shine, and soon a human figure appeared in the hall.

Charles gasped for breathing and soon felt a burning sensation all over his body. Although he managed to escape, he was still affected by the explosion, causing his skin to turn redder.

Gritting his teeth, he placed his hand over his chest and cast his [Soul Heal] spell.

A greenish-blue flame came out of his hand and completely enveloped his body.

Then, the flame started to soothe his skin and soon begun to heal the superficial burns slowly.

A few minutes later, Charles sat up on the concrete floor and curled his lips upward.

'I finally got my hands on the coordinates of a Fire Plane.' He glanced at the mission completion notification of the hidden quest and nodded his head.

'It appears the one who created this system wants me to choose this plane, but I still have no idea about his exact motive. Thankfully, he or the system in my Inner World didn't pull me into any unnecessary trouble yet. No, the system is helping me to grow stronger in many ways. Still, I need to take some precaution measures after becoming an Ember Wizard.' Charles took the black cane, stood up with some difficulty, and changed himself into an old form.

'How many seconds have passed?' He asked in curious.

'30 seconds.' A swift reply came from the Holem's Crown, causing Charles to arch his eyebrows upward.

'I think I stayed in the Fire Plane for more than 50 seconds.'

'That's not a surprising thing. Variations in the time flow are normal between planes.' The Holem's Crown responded casually.

Upon hearing those words, Charles nodded, stored the Twin Leaf into his space ring, and soon fell into deep thoughts.

'I didn't rely on the Holem's Crown's help to return from the Fire Elemental Plane. Then, I also gained full control over the Traveler Tree's Twin Leaves. But if I go to the other side again, I might get bombarded by formidable spell and killed in seconds.' A frown appeared on his face. At that moment, he also felt a strange intuition from the depth of his mind that he needed to rely on this Fire Elemental Plane in the future and got perplexed.

'Mr. Runeth, can you give me some explanation about this Fire Elemental Plane? Why do Fire mages seek to enter the Fire planes even at the cost of signing the slave-like contracts with churches and Royal families?' He directly asked. Although resources hidden in the Fire Elemental Plane might be a good excuse for Fire Mages to swarm into the Fire Plane, Charles didn't believe it at all. He felt there must be another reason for it.